Faso Parc

With only a few kids left in the orphanage besides the babies, us girls (Becky, Anna, Rebecca, and I) thought that it would be a great idea to take the kids on an outing.  So we decided to venture to Ouaga for a day trip at Faso Parc.  This is Burkina Faso's equivalent to an amusement park.

We headed out in the pickup truck on Friday morning, but we only got to the courtyard gate before the truck died.  Everyone was crushed.  We were all hyped up to go on our outing and now it wasn't going to happen. So with everyone's heads hung low we filed out of the car.  We headed back into the house to try to think of another idea so that the kids wouldn't be too heart broken.  But before we could even start our conversation the kids came screaming to the house.  The car was fixed! We came to find out that the 4 wheel drive gear was knocked out of gear which somehow made the car be in neutral and not able to move.  Thank you Jesus!

It was a windy trip to Ouaga but a fun one with all of us hanging out in the back of the truck.  Once in Ouaga our plans got all switched around.  We didn't get to go to Faso Parc until later in the day but we found another fun alternative until then.  It was a National Parc that had lots of different attractions.  We all chose to go on the animal tour.  It was very interesting.  It was like a mini zoo full of various kinds of animals.  We had a guide tour us around and give us a description and story about each animal.  We saw lots of birds, crocodiles, a hyena, a fox, antelope, turtles, and a huge baboon.  This baboon was the highlight of the trip because it was not in a cage. It was merely chained up; the weirdest thing I have seen.  After our tour we all got sodas and sat around and talked.  Then it was to lunch.  We all ate at a local restaurant; everyone got some form of rice.  It was yummy.  Then it was off to Faso Parc.

The kids were so excited to finally get there because this is what they had been waiting for all day.  Once there they rode on a carousel, bumper cars, go karts, and played some arcade games.  They had a blast and I had a great time watching them.  It was a fabulous outing and it was so fun hanging out with the kids somewhere else besides the courtyard.